Born in Florence, April 3, 1895
Died in Beverly Hills, CA, March 16, 1968
- In addition to composing, Castelnuovo-Tedesco was a pianist and a writer on music. He studied at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence and at the Liceo Musicale of Bologna.
- Castelnuovo-Tedesco left Italy in 1939 before the outbreak of WWII (but not before suffering professionally for his Jewish identity). He settled in the United States, where he wrote music for Hollywood and taught film music at the Los Angeles Conservatory (his students included Henry Mancini, Andre Previn and John Williams).1
Sources
- James Westby, “Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 2, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000005128.